Torres v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• remanding for resentencing because sentencing judge’s comments improperly suggested the judge’s “condemnation of [defendant’s] behavior was based on the court’s own religious beliefs”
• reversing sentence where judge assumed defendant was Catholic and made comments that could “reasonably be construed to suggest that the trial judge based appellant’s sentence, at least in part, on religion”
• “No one should be punished . . . merely because he or she may be a member of a particular religion.”
• “A sentence should be vacated where a trial judge's comments “‘could reasonably be construed to suggest that the trial judge based [the] sentence, at least in part,’” on a constitutionally impermissible factor.”
• Makar, J„ concurring with opinion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Desmond T. Kenner v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-12-16· cited 12×
• Miguel Angel Alfonso-Roche v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-06-01· cited 11×
• Richard Leroy Hayes v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-09-22· cited 8×
• Alvin Davis v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-04-25· cited 8×
• State v. Peter A. Goewey
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2015-12-11· cited 4×
• Miller v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-08-09· cited 1×
• United States v. Sergeant JOHN M. RUSSELL
  Army Court of Criminal Appeals· 2017-09-28
• Everett G. Miller v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2024-02-29

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Arnett
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2000-03-15· cited 630×
• United States v. James O. Bakker
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-02-11· cited 274×
• United States v. Jacobson
  Second Circuit· 1994-01-19· cited 184×
• Singleton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-02-15· cited 85×
• Bonifay v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-07-11· cited 62×
• James Arnett v. Wanza Jackson, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-01-06· cited 33×
• Nawaz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-01-29· cited 26×
• Jackson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-06-25· cited 24×
• Santisteban v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-09-14· cited 23×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-03-13· cited 18×